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ONGOING adj.
🔹 continuing, or continuing to develop

📌🎧 The development of plants is ongoing because it takes time for them to mature.
📌 Training is part of our ongoing career development program.
📌 To sail around the world requires a lot of time and money in order to experience this ongoing trip.⛵️


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EXPERTISE n.
📖 the knowledge and skills to do something well.

📌🎧 John has a lot of advertising expertise. He can sell anything!
📌 What he’s bringing to the company is financial expertise.
📌 We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes. ⛷


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FAINT v.
📖 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time

📌🎧 Carol fainted because she hadn’t eaten in over a day.
📌 I need to go outside. I feel as if I'm going to faint.
📌 I have been known to faint at the sight of blood. 🩸


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INDIGENOUS adj.
🔹 originally from, or native to, a place.

📌🎧 Tomatoes are indigenous to the Americas.
📌 The Aztecs dominated dozens of indigenous communities.
📌 Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia. 🦘


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LEGISLATE v.
🔹 to make laws

📌🎧 Senators have to legislate fairly, so most people will enjoy the benefits.
📌 The government was under a lot of public pressure to legislate on equal pay.
📌 They promised to legislate against cigarette advertising 🚭


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IMPLEMENT v.
🔹to take action or make changes that you have officially decided should happen

📌🎧 The school decided to implement a new teaching strategy.
📌 We will be implementing this interface later.
📌 Leadership is about the ability to implement change.


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SPOUSE n.
📖 a husband or wife

📌🎧 I live in a home with my spouse and our two children 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
📌 Lady Grafton had agreed readily with her spouse.
📌 As my spouse, Kate is welcome to attend my company’s holiday party.


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THRUST v.
🔹 to force something in a certain direction

📌🎧 The boxer thrust his fist into the punching bag. 🥊
📌 She thrust her hands deep into her pockets.
📌 He thrust his way through the crowd.


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PROFICIENT adj.
🔹able to do something very well

📌🎧 Secretaries are proficient at typing quickly. ⌨️
📌 Jerry is a proficient salesman who can sell anything to anyone.
📌 There's only one way to become proficient at anything - practice!


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RIDGE n.
📖a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain

📌🎧 The brown bear walked along the edge of the mountain ridge.
📌 A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach.
📌 We made our way carefully along the ridge.⛰


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DEVISE v.
📖 to plan or invent a new way of doing something

📌🎧 The thieves devised a plan to steal the diamonds. 💎
📌 The region is keen to devise a strategy to develop tourism.
📌 Our aim is to devise a way to improve quality and reduce costs.


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TOLERATE v.
📖 to be able to accept something even when it is unpleasant

📌🎧 When you are in a hurry, it can be hard to tolerate traffic signals.🚦
📌 The medication is well tolerated by most patients.
📌 The company will not tolerate discrimination in any shape or form.


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SURPLUS n.
📖 an amount of something that is more than what is needed or used

📌🎧 The store sold their surplus items on sale.
📌 A surplus of corn has helped decline the grain prices. 🌽
📌 The pension fund is in surplus.


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SPARSE adj.
📖 existing only in small amounts

📌🎧 Rob spent Saturday in his garden, clearing out the sparse weeds.
📌 As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.
📌 Traffic was sparse on the highway. 🛣


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IGNORANT adj.
📖 not knowing facts or information

📌🎧 I’m a bit ignorant about his theories. Can you explain them to me?
📌 What we know is little, and what we are ignorant of is immense.
📌 He's completely ignorant about modern technology.


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VIGOROUS adj.
📖 using a lot of energy and strength

📌🎧 Henry uses vigorous exercise to keep himself in shape. 🏋️‍♂️
📌 It's a good idea to stretch before you take vigorous exercise.
📌 Vigorous efforts are being made to find a solution to the problem.


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VERIFY v.
📖 to prove or confirm something

📌🎧 Julian called the movie theater to verify that the movie started at nine.
📌 The waitress asked to see my driver’s license so she could verify my age. 🪪
📌 Further experiments will be carried out to verify this result.


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GAZETTE n.
📖 a newspaper

📌🎧 Alice wants to write for a gazette when she’s older. 📰
📌 The enterprise was named in the gazette.
📌 After he retired from football he became a sports journalist for the Gazette.


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ELUDE v.
📖 to avoid something or someone

📌🎧 The rabbit eluded the wolf by hiding in a bush.
📌 Morihei Uyeshiba, the founder of aikido, often demonstrated his ability to elude attack.🥋
📌 The cruise ship was too big to elude the pirate vessel.


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